Now, President Donald Trump is weighing in on the bipartisan legislation created by Sens.Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) that is currently being discussed on Capitol Hill between congressional leaders and college athletic officials.Among the issues currently impacting college athletics is how schools are going to afford to keep up with those within the Big Ten and SEC, who are also opposed to any type of law that would have them needing to approve pooling media rights with other conferences.ZERO BS.
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DOWNLOAD NOW!Though the bill says that this part is optional, there are still skeptics around how much this would actually raise financially for schools wanting to create one large pool.Nick Saban urges Senate to pass legislation to fix college sports, but coaching contracts glossed overNick Saban, former head football coach at the University of Alabama, arrives for testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2026.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)On the other hand, as Nick Saban pointed out numerous times on Wednesday, the current model of paying for rosters has reached a pivotal point.
The former Alabama head coach testified that his former school only had $2.7 million to work with from its NIL collective in the first year of its inception.That number, according to Saban, has skyrocketed to $24 million this past season at Alabama, while we are already witnessing some schools spend over $40 million this season.TED CRUZ, MARIA CANTWELL UNVEIL BIPARTISAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS BILL AMID NIL CHAOS, LAWSUITS, 'LANE KIFFIN RULE'"But that is not the same thing as turning NIL into a pay-for-play system.It is not the same thing as using collectives and outside entities to create a bidding war for recruits and transfers.
When the system becomes whoever raises the most money gets the best players, then we are no longer t...